Sovereign funds globally have added over USD 750 billion to their total assets under management over the last year, from USD 4.62 trillion in 2012 to USD 5.38 trillion in 2013, according to Preqin sovereign wealth fund review.
This growth, which is the largest annual increase in total sovereign wealth fund assets since Preqin began tracking this information, can be accounted for by both the number of new sovereign wealth funds formed over the last few years, as well as capital injected into existing sovereign wealth funds. Interestingly, Asia-based sovereign wealth funds have shown some of the largest growth in assets under management, with the assets of these sovereign wealth funds growing, on average, by 19% since 2012, it said...............................................Full Article: Source